> Before, my enjoyment of art, music or literature came with a vague angst, urging me to try to understand why it made me feel a particular way, rather than jus

> Before, my enjoyment of art, music or literature came with a vague angst, urging me to try to understand why it made me feel a particular way, rather than just enjoying the experience itself. I always thought Bazarov from Turgenev's "Fathers and Sons" was a caricature nihilist/rationalist, with his "Nature is just a back wall in a worker's workshop, no need to admire its so called 'beauty'" attitude... but apparently not.